Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-05-06

Trustees Saie-Esfate OF WIN. fAei"S'
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Notice to bridge builders.
Mercantile Appraisers List for 1887.
Notice in Insolvency-Perry bricker.
New Locals Home grown seeds.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The strike at the Natrona Soda Works
yet continues, and riot is feared.
Two children of Mr.. Redic, of Rem
frew, were badly burned by gas explosion
last Friday.
A Worth township man lately hired
rio to attend the funeral of his father-in-law
before the old man died.
Coffee is ''going up" The speculator
say there was only half crop in Brazil this
winter-their summer.
Mrs. Dav id Barto, of Evans City, is on a
visit to her 81 sters, Mrs. j. j. RelDer anu
Mrs. A. J.. Bo ggs, of this place.
Arizona territory was the scene of Sc
we're earthquake last Tuesday afternoon
which toppled over some mountains.
Rev. Ray, of the Muddycreek Baptist
church. will hold service in the Baptist
church of this place next Sabbath morning.
Mr.. Edward Rauscher, a son of Mr..
Fred Rauscher, of W. Pearl street, LETT But
Ter ON last Monday for an extended trip
through the West.
Earl Bancroft is recovering from his late
attack of rheumatism, and is able to be about
Prof. Bancroft is in Meadviile attending
sick daughter.
II haInnuinO tn the
pbili;ps Bros. were reported to be burning IN
in the Reibold field yesterday afternoon
caused by the bursting of an Oil tank.
-W.P. Braham, ESQ., assignee of J. r.
Robinson. of Parker township, has so.d tne
farm of oh acres to E. s. Beatty Tor szzol'Zo'
or S25 an acre.
Harry Barckley, a young SON of Elias
Rarcklev' who lives along Yellow creek IN
either Lancaster or Muddycreek townships,
was instantly killed by log rolling over
him on Wednesday of last week.
Prof. Stockdill was defeated for re-elec-
tion to County Superintendent OF Armstrong
county, and Mr. Marlin Bowser, brother
Of s. r. Bowser, Esq., of Butler, was elected.
-Eso. John Thomas, of Allegheny twp.
was in Butler last Tuesday for the first time
since his house was burned. He is looking
we'll. ard with the aid of q crutch gets
around very well.
English sparrows are numerous IN TINS
borough. The law permits them 10 De XII,
ed. In fome places the inhabitants make
pct pies of them, and declare they are very
toothseme in that shape.
.-6hsIer township, Allegheny county, was
fhe sceIe of q terrible double murder last
Saturday night. A blacksmith named Us
wold. living along the Butler plank road,
strareled his daughter and then cut his own
throat. On account Of domestic unhsppiness
The well on the Mays old McGeorge
farm In Forward township, was completed on
Tuesday of this week and is reported dry,
u bicb would seem TO indicate that the belt
ex tended in the direction of Gallery, If it ex-
tends at all.
An oil rig has been put up below saxon
Station. Some parties have bought up All
the Gufy, Galley & Co. leases, extending
from Thorn Creek to Buffalo creek, at tne
mouth Of Sipes' run, and intend testing 1ne
territory.
Some of our exchanges state that
sharpers are travelling about soliciting people
to place their signatures to pledge not to de-
stroy song birds. These signatures are SUD
sequently added to promissory notes whicn
by some means get into the banks, leaving
the sipner TO pay q neat little sum. Our
friends will keep lookout for these sharp
ers.
The New Castle Guardian says great
hustle is apparent at millinery and LADIES'
wear emporium in that town. Singular, but
the same thing is apparent here, several Of
them are usually apparent in most any OF
our millinery and ladies' wear emporiums.
Where would the Guardian expect to see
great hustle, anyhow.
A Joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to the Constitution has passed DotD
branches of jthe Legislature. This relates
solely to poll tax, and of course will be sub
mitted to the people for final settlement:
There will be three amendments to be acted
upon by the people Of this State, viz: Prohl-
bition, abolishing poll tax and Woman Suf-
frage.
Mr.. John T. Martin, of Buffalo township,
met with a serious accident on Monday OF
last week. He rode to the field that morn
ing on a colt, which threw him, and ne
slighted upon his head and shoulders. lie
got up and remounted and rode ~ the field
and began blowing. but became sick and
spine is said TO be injured and at last re-
ports he was lying very low.
One of the best farms in this county,
containing 130 acres, all under high state
of cultivation, no waste land, good fences,
with an eight-room frame house, nearly new,
large frame bank barn, grand spring house,
and all other necessary outbuildings, is foi
sale. Also 30 acres of oak and chestnut tim
ber, good orchard handy to churches and
school houses, in Franklin township. II
you want to buy good farm read Rev. T. w.
Youngs advertisement in this paper.
The ware-room back Of Dufy's store was
discovered TO be on fire about ten o'clock OF
last Monday night and about half hour
after the store was closed. Our hose COM
panies were promptly on hands and put out
the fire, but the damage by fire and water
and by the explosion of a can or keg of pow
der, may reach $1,000. There are great
many frame buildings there, and midnight
fire, with a stiff breeze, would take the whole
block.
The jamestown, N. Y, papers mention
weekly the arrival of couples from the west
ern counties Of this State, to be married IL
il strange that people with any degree OF pru.
dence and sense would 60 to expense and
trouble to avoid the excellent provisions of
the marriage laws of Pennsylvania, for the
loose and reckless habit of New York. The
registration of marriage is of very great i'm
portance, and chiefly to the immediate par
ties to it,. The benefit of it will extend to re-
mote descendants. Estates have been lost,
pension claims rejected, and many other dit.
fculties have COME from the want Of proof OF
marriage. 1t is seldom that any good
comes from a marriage that the parties would
not wish recorded.--MeadyiHe Gazette.
The base ball season opened with -four
ish and parade in Pittsbrrg last Saturday,
and the. first championship game played
there that afternoon resulted in victory for
the Alieghenies over the Chicagoes on q
score of o to 2. The Pittsburg club is now
one of the National League, and the Chica-
goes were the champions Of both the League
and Association last summer, which speaks
we'll for the Pittsburg club OF this year
Calvin and Miller were the "battery" for the
Alleghenies, Saturday, and Clarkson and
Daily for the Chicagoes. These are points oi
great interest to many people, both young
and old.
There were an unusual number of re-
elections to the office Of County Superintend
ent In our neiahboring counties last Tuesday
Prof. Sherrard IN Lawrence county, Prof
Reed in Beaver county. Prof Sturtevant in
Crawford county. Hugus in Westmoreland
county. Spinder in Washington county, Nc
Mutt in Clarion county, and McCleery in
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